RoboCop was a side
scrolling shoot-em
up Data East game
released in 1988.
The game followed
the premise of the
1987 movie of the
same name. The
player controlled
RoboCop, a cop who
was murdered and
brought back to life
as a super-human
cyborg cop. RoboCop
would go about the
business of blowing
up the bad guys, in
addition to criminal
bosses from the
movie, enemies
operating heavy
equipment, and even
the Enforcement
Droid Series 209
(ED-209). Enemies
would come from
behind, in front,
and from the windows
of buildings, and
they had a variety
of weapons
(chainsaws, heavy
equipment, knifes,
guns, etc.). After
a few stages, the
perspective changed
to first person, and
Robocop would use
cross hairs to
destroy targets on a
shooting range.
Later stages
featured elevators
where RoboCop would
travel to higher
levels. RoboCopís
weapons could be
upgraded, and as
stages progressed,
the enemies and
bosses became harder
and harder to
destroy.

There
were a number of
sequels to the game,
including RoboCop 2
(1991), RoboCop 3
(1993), and other
versions released
for home consoles
like the Sega Mega
Drive, Super NES,
Gameboy, Android
phone OS, Xbox, and
more.